Journals

Using a highlighter or post-it note, mark your 5 BEST journal entries. These should demonstrate high-level thinking. Try to select different LOT #s so that I can see a variety. Make at least one of the marked journals a LOT 3 about ethos, pathos, or logos.

Sunflower Vocabulary

The following words appear in the text of The Sunflower:

• sadist
• permeated
• piety
• vexed
• platitudes
• perpetual
• maudlin
• despondently
• amalgam
• accost
• antisemite

Complete the graphic organizer by working together to find the words in the text, explain the meaning, explain the connotation (feelings/images associated with the word- start with "positive" or "negative"), and write your own sentence with each.

Bell Ringer: Check Out Blogs

Spend a few moments looking at blog posts about the Titanic. Post thought-provoking comments on at least two. Jot down the names on a post-it.
English 10
Pickett's English 10
Pre-AP

READ-THINK-DISCUSS

Essay (p.207) by Herbert Marcuse

• Introduce Vocabulary:
  1. transcend
  2. perpetuate
  3. alleviate
  4. entitled
  5. travesty
• Bio- Herbert Marcuse
• What is the National Liberation Front (NLF)?
• What does he mean by "the assassination of Rathenau"?

‍‍‍WRITE

What is Marcuse's central claim? Do you agree or disagree with Marcuse's position?

‍Homework

• Choose another essay from "The Symposium" to read. On a sheet of paper, write the page number, the author, and a short response that includes: 1. the central claim 2. your personal response to this position